Naked Angels News

Farm Avenue Productions and Joseph Smith are proud to announce CYCLING PAST THE MATTERHORN, a new play by award-winning playwright Deborah Grimberg, starring Tony Award winner and two-time Academy Award nominee Shirley Knight.

Belly, a one-woman comedy performed and written by Julie Tortorici, will run off-off-Broadway from September 30th through October 28th

Geva Theatre Center (Mark Cuddy, Artistic Director) and Five Course Love Company LLC will present the lip-smacking new musical comedy Five Course Love with Book, Music & Lyrics by Gregg Coffin at the Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane (between Sixth Avenue and MacDougal Street).

Revolution Row, Edward Miller's new future-set play about civil rights, will open on August 18th to run through September 11th

New York Stage & Film and Vassar have completed casting for the new workshop production of DEFIANCE (formerly called CHAIN OF COMMAND) to be presented July 29, 30 and 31 at Vassar College.

Dana Delaney, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Chris Bauer are some of the actors cast in the workshop production of John Patrick Shanley's new play Defiance, which will run at Vassar from July 29th to July 31st

Lily Rabe and Judith Light will play mother and daughter in the Manhattan Class Company's staging of the British play Colder Than Here, which will run from September 7th to October 15th

Daniel R. O'Brien's play Savior will run from July 19th to August 7th at the Workshop Theatre as part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival

Lily Rabe, who plays Annelle in the revival of Steel Magnolias, will be featured on WB-11 Morning News on May 31st

Ron Rifkin, the star of The Paris Letter, will sit down for an interview on CNN Headline News' Showbiz Tonight on May 23rd at 7 PM

Off-Broadway's Naked Angels will roast and toast actor Fisher Stevens in Fish Fry, this year's fundraising gala

In a first-time co-production, The New Group and The Play Company are pleased to present the American premiere of Terrorism. Written by the Presnyakov Brothers and directed by Will Frears, Terrorism will play a limited Off-Broadway engagement Monday, May 9th through Sunday, June 26th at The Clurman Theater/Theatre Row.

On the Leesh Productions will kick off the North East tour of Julie Tortorici's hit Fringe show BELLY with two NYC performances at Juvie Hall (24 Bond Street @ Lafayette), April 9 & April 16 at 7PM.

On the Leesh Productions (Alicia Arinella, Producing Director) to present Sin, 8 sinful one-acts about the 7 deadly sins.

HERE Arts Center is proud to present the premiere of James Scruggs's African-American odyssey Disposable Men, directed by HERE's co-founder and Executive Director Kristin Marting, beginning Friday, February 4 and running through Saturday, February 12.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is proud to announce that Anthony Mackie will star in the world premiere of Stephen Belber's McReele, staged by Tony Award© nominated director Doug Hughes (Doubt). McReele begins previews in January 2005 at the Laura Pels Theatre (Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre; 111 West 46th Street) and officially opens on Thursday, February 17, 2005. This is a limited engagement through Sunday, April 24th.

MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone & Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; John G. Schultz, Executive Director) will re-team with NEIL LaBUTE for the world premiere of his latest work, FAT PIG starring in alphabetical order: ASHLIE ATKINSON (Theresa on F/X's 'Rescue Me'); ANDREW McCARTHY (Broadway: Side Man; feature films: Less Than Zero; Pretty in Pink; St. Elmo's Fire); JEREMY PIVEN (Ari Jacobs on HBO's 'Entourage') and KERI RUSSELL (Golden Globe winner for WB's 'Felicity'). Jo Bonney (Living Out; Fifth of July) directs.

Naked Angels, in collaboration with The Culture Project will offer The DEMOCRACY Project - a collage of short plays, music and theatrical presentations written and performed by some of the country's leading playwrights and artists.